Introducing COmega is a good overview of what is probably the most obviously startling thing about COmega -- it's attempt to bridge XML / Object / Relational worlds with built-in syntax. I'm not sure that this is going to be COmega's biggest contribution to the mainstream (I suspect that it's threading techniques using …

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My father just died after a struggle with cancer. I won't be posting for a bit.

I bought Tom Wolfe's "I Am Charlotte Simmons" from http://www.ereader.com/ and enjoyed it well emough, but don't think I'll ever re-read it. I'm willing to pass on the file (in ereaders's proprietary format) to the first person who asks for it. Send me an email -- lobrien -atsign- …

Ah hah! No leading / on the FTP Path: www/knowing.net/images

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First, the more serious resolutions inspired by the tsunami tragedy:

• treasure loved ones and the short time we get in this life;
• give more;
• be more humble about the affairs of Man

Second, the fun ones:

• do a 3 minute free-dive (my personal best is a 2:51 dive in …

I am working on “Weka Wiki”: an ink-based Wiki (”Weka” being the Hawaiian word for “squid ink”). All pages will be rendered on any machine (as bitmaps on mundane machines), but the only way to edit ink-based pages will be with a Tablet PC. My question for the inkernet: when …

Greg Hughes came up with the idea of donating all AdSense revenue pending at the new year to disaster relief.

Journal Reader Component for Tablet PC SDK 1.7  [via]{style="font-style:italic"} [Microsoft Download Center]

Note that the documentation contains samples that read " Dim jntReader As New Microsoft.Ink.JournalReader()" and similar. In fact, you can't construct a JournalReader object, you'll use the static (shared in VB.NET) method …

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Because CPU speeds have topped off recently even though I/O speeds continue to increase, Herb Sutter posits that the Moore's Law free performance lunch is over [via]{style="font-style:italic"} [Marquee de Sells: Chris's insight outlet]

Concurrency is at the stage …